Morphosynthesis: High fidelity inorganic replica of the fibrous network of loofa sponge (Luffa cylindrical)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  Mazali, Italo O ^a   Alves, Oswaldo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomimetic synthesis; Calcite; Hydroxyapatite; Morphology; Morphosynthesis

Indexed keywords

LUFFA; LUFFA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 13444306551     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652005000100003     Document Type: Article

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